Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#3,759
AI visibility: Grade B
77
SEO health: Latest audit
0
Visits
398.5K
per month, estimated
Keywords
109.9K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
398.5K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
135 lines AI engines can read
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salon.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Salon (Digital Media) is ranked #3,759 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 10,000, down 263 places from #3,496 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 398,500 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 109,900 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 77 out of 100 (grade B), with a published llms.txt of 135 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Optimize Image Sizes" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #3,759 | ▼ 263 |
| July 2026 | #3,496 | ▼ 45 |
| June 2026 | #3,451 | — |
| May 2026 | #3,451 | ▲ 72 |
| April 2026 | #3,523 | ▼ 85 |
| March 2026 | #3,438 | ▼ 147 |
| February 2026 | #3,291 | — |
What this company does
Salon runs an online platform dedicated to covering news, politics, culture, science, and food through a combination of reporting and opinion pieces. Its articles often dig into the details of stories that affect daily life and society at large, from policy changes in government to shifts in popular media, new findings in research labs, and developments in how people eat and think about meals. The team works to prese…
Our read on the site
Significant improvements needed. 1 critical issue. 2 high-priority issues.
salon.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
salon.com draws an estimated 398,500 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 398,500 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 109,900 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 3.6 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
398.5K
Latest estimate
Change
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It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
398.5K
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
salon.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale salon.com earns 77 of 100 points, a grade B. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt, Crawlability and Structured data. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 0 of 20 points (0/100), worth 20 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (22/25).
Grade B
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
0/100
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salon.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on salon.com runs to 135 lines (5,564 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in February 2026. It introduces the site as "Salon - News, Commentary, and Analysis". It tells AI engines the business works in Digital Media, Online Publishing and Content Creation. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Online News Articles at Free with ads / Subscription-based, Opinion Pieces at Free with ads / Subscription-based and Multimedia Content at Free with ads / Subscription-based. Services it lists include Subscription Service and Advertising Solutions. The audience it names is Professionals, Students, Politically Engaged Individuals, Intellectual Readers, aged 25-54 (Global). Technologies it mentions include React, Node.js, AWS and MongoDB. The keywords it claims start with "news", "politics", "culture" and "commentary".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
135
In the file
Size
5.6K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Feb 28, 2026
What the file says
# Salon - News, Commentary, and Analysis ## About Salon is a leading digital media company dedicated to providing independent journalism through in-depth news, commentary, and analysis. Covering a wide array of topics such as politics, culture, science, and food, Salon engages a diverse audience with thought-provoking content. The platform combines articles, opinion pieces, and multimedia formats to foster informed discussions and critical thinking. **Areas of Work:** Digital Media, Online Publishing, Content Creation ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://salon.com - **Address:** San Francisco, California, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** 24/7 - **Timezone:** America/Los_Angeles - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 100 employees - **Revenue:** $10M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Online News Articles** (Free with ads / Subscription-based): Comprehensive news coverage and analysis on politics, culture, and global events. - **Opinion Pieces** (Free with ads / Subscription-based): Insightful commentary and editorials from diverse voices on current issues. - **Multimedia Content** (Free with ads / Subscription-based): Engaging videos, podcasts, and interactive media covering various topics. ## Services - **Subscription Service** (Contact for pricing): Ad-free access
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Online News ArticlesFree with ads / Subscription-based
- Opinion PiecesFree with ads / Subscription-based
- Multimedia ContentFree with ads / Subscription-based
Services it tells AI about
- Subscription ServiceContact for pricing
- Advertising SolutionsContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Professionals, Students, Politically Engaged Individuals, Intellectual Readers · 25-54 · Global
Company type
Private · actively hiring
salon.com Organic Keywords
Google lists salon.com for about 109,900 keywords, which together bring an estimated 398,500 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
109.9K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
398.5K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
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What it ranks for
salon.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of salon.com scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 15 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalOptimize Image Sizes
- CriticalMinimize JavaScript and CSS
- HighImplement Lazy Loading
- CriticalImprove Mobile Responsiveness
11 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
salon.com Competitors and Alternatives
Salon's company profile names huffpost.com, vice.com and buzzfeed.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds slate.com and theatlantic.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are united.com, metmuseum.org, admaster.cc and zimbra.com.
salon.com Company Profile
Salon runs an online platform dedicated to covering news, politics, culture, science, and food through a combination of reporting and opinion pieces. Its articles often dig into the details of stories that affect daily life and society at large, from policy changes in government to shifts in popular media, new findings in research labs, and developments in how people eat and think about meals. The team works to prese…
Salon was founded in 1995, about 31 years ago, and is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 51 and 200 employees. Its profile files it under Digital Media, with further tags for Online Publishing, Content Creation and Subscription-based Business Model. Products on record for it: Online News Articles, Opinion Pieces and Multimedia Content. Reported revenue is $10M (2022), and total funding is listed at $880,000. Its tagline reads: "News, Politics, Culture, Science & Food".
- Sector
- Digital Media
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 1995
- Employees
- 51-200
- Revenue
- $10M (2022)
- Funding
- $880,000
- Products
- Online News Articles, Opinion Pieces, Multimedia Content
salon.com Traffic by Country
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